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at least 22 people have died across the country because of heat-related injuries. louisiana just one of the states where it's so hot that roads are buckling under the intense heat. >> it's not only the major blow-ups, but it's also those smaller ones that we have to take care of. trying to keep up with these blow-ups and trying to make it as safe as possible for the city. jon: road crews can't even keep up with the problems. people there say this week is really bad. heather childers on the streets of new york city for us where it is expected to reach 100 degrees today. how's everybody dealing with it, heather. heather: it is hot. i am no meteorologist, but i can tell you that. it is hot, it is steamy, even with this slight breeze we're experiencing. i have my giant thermometer, and you mentioned it's expected to rise to 100 degrees. right now we're looking at just slightly above 90 degrees, but temperatures expected to top out in the midwestern states experiencing this heat. that should happen today. the eastern states, hot temperatures should top out, um, around t
at least 22 people have died across the country because of heat-related injuries. louisiana just one of the states where it's so hot that roads are buckling under the intense heat. >> it's not only the major blow-ups, but it's also those smaller ones that we have to take care of. trying to keep up with these blow-ups and trying to make it as safe as possible for the city. jon: road crews can't even keep up with the problems. people there say this week is really bad. heather childers on...
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a record number of women, 22, were elected to congress including both u.s. senators from california. but those numbers have recently been on the decline on the national and state levels. for the first time in 30 years, the number of women in congress has dropped to just 16%. >> politics is considered the blood sport, a dirty sport, and so the idea of getting involved in politics and getting out there and putting all of your, you know, your family and yourself out there for people to tear down in many instances is just not appealing to women. >> reporter: kimberly ellis runs emerge california, a group that trains democratic female candidates. they teach women how to raise money and all the other 101s of campaigning. on the gop side, an organization called the marion bergson excellence in public service series does the same thing for republican women. they helped appoint the police chief and the may i don't have of san clemente. she believes she will see a female president one day, and it will happen when the time is right. >> every politician rises to the top
a record number of women, 22, were elected to congress including both u.s. senators from california. but those numbers have recently been on the decline on the national and state levels. for the first time in 30 years, the number of women in congress has dropped to just 16%. >> politics is considered the blood sport, a dirty sport, and so the idea of getting involved in politics and getting out there and putting all of your, you know, your family and yourself out there for people to tear...
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jon: there is talk in washington that president obama could just sort of bypass congress and go it alone to at least put a temporary solution to the debt crisis. we'll talk with senator jeanne shaheen about the various plans that are on the table, including what some call the nuclear option. >>> also the outlook for african-americans looking for jobs, not very good. why they are having a much harder time than others when it comes to finding work. >>> also rick folbaum, we don't want to ignore him. he is over at the web wall for us. rick? >> thanks very much, jon. you decide, we report. we have three stories. which one do you like best? go to the "happening now" homepage at foxnews.com. look at choices of the day. the winner of an air guitar contest. do you like to rock out at home? we'll tell you about that. also crocodiles caught in a very interesting way. that is your second option. or, lots of women dream of having superhero for a us had. this is not a story about my wife by the way i schuss mention that. we'll tell you about a lucky lady whose dreams came true. if you like the story
jon: there is talk in washington that president obama could just sort of bypass congress and go it alone to at least put a temporary solution to the debt crisis. we'll talk with senator jeanne shaheen about the various plans that are on the table, including what some call the nuclear option. >>> also the outlook for african-americans looking for jobs, not very good. why they are having a much harder time than others when it comes to finding work. >>> also rick folbaum, we...
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cut and cap spending by $917 billion over 10 years, more than the $900 billion debt hike, cutting $22 billion in the spending year fy-2012. there are more details here. we will get with them and check all of that out with the panel in just a bit. if there was ever any optimism about a smooth ending to the debt limit debate it seems to have evaporated. chief white house correspondent ed henry is here with the latest administration warnings. good evening, ed. >> good evening, bret. wall street analysts keep saying the government has more cash than expected and can make it past the august 2nd deadline and keep going, but actually the treasury department today said that tax receipts in june and july were normal, so next tuesday the government hits the wall. white house spokesman jay carney are scoffed at suggestions the august 2nd deadline is artificial and warned the country to brace too the worse. >> that deadline is hard and fast. there are no offramps. they don't exist. >> some republicans are still not buying the administration's claims, suggesting both parties are on a collision cou
cut and cap spending by $917 billion over 10 years, more than the $900 billion debt hike, cutting $22 billion in the spending year fy-2012. there are more details here. we will get with them and check all of that out with the panel in just a bit. if there was ever any optimism about a smooth ending to the debt limit debate it seems to have evaporated. chief white house correspondent ed henry is here with the latest administration warnings. good evening, ed. >> good evening, bret. wall...
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despite the rogue 22 the speaker's bill did pass the house and last night's aborted vote followed by last minute revisions made some members of the house flip flop or at least that is what critics are saying. one congressman who divided to vote yes is joining us today. you are running for the senate to replace senator jon kyl in arizona and the democrats have come out and tagged you a flip flopper. the ink and the even try on your vote. >> the bill changed. myself and several other conservatives went to the speaker and others and said we would like to have the balanced budget amendment part of the bill. it wasn't before. we stood for cut, cap and balance. the boehner bill had cut and cap but it didn't have the balance and they were able to add that and therefore it got my vote. i don't begrudge those who voted against it. >> greta: why do you think there are those that voted against it? where is your difference with him. >> i voted for cut cap and balance. i think that is the right the approach. i think the other bill was far, far, far superior to the one we voted on today. just a cl
despite the rogue 22 the speaker's bill did pass the house and last night's aborted vote followed by last minute revisions made some members of the house flip flop or at least that is what critics are saying. one congressman who divided to vote yes is joining us today. you are running for the senate to replace senator jon kyl in arizona and the democrats have come out and tagged you a flip flopper. the ink and the even try on your vote. >> the bill changed. myself and several other...
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jon huntsman, one of the candidates out there, he has a new campaign manager. his campaign manager left. he has a new cam pape manager. former aid to arnold schwarzenegger. we were talking about polls. the latest fox news polls. as you take a look at the republican field there. romney at 17%. not yet in, texas governor rick perry at 14%. michele bachmann at 10% there you see the rest. we go to the next page. mccain, 5%. gingrich, 4%. pawlenty and santorum there at 2%. huntsman is at 1%. in this poll. next page about the head-to-head against president obama. you can see where it stacks up there in the front contenders, at least now. it's of course early. we're back with the panel. jonah? >> well, it's, there is a lot of churn out there. i think the polls are best looked at the way real clear politics does it, an average and all the rest. that clears out a lot of the way and puts things where romney is out front and the rest. the huntsman news has political impact of announcing the change in the head waiter on titan tick. >> bret: the campaign has not taken fligh
jon huntsman, one of the candidates out there, he has a new campaign manager. his campaign manager left. he has a new cam pape manager. former aid to arnold schwarzenegger. we were talking about polls. the latest fox news polls. as you take a look at the republican field there. romney at 17%. not yet in, texas governor rick perry at 14%. michele bachmann at 10% there you see the rest. we go to the next page. mccain, 5%. gingrich, 4%. pawlenty and santorum there at 2%. huntsman is at 1%. in this...
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she is now 22 years old. you pointed out when she was 14 she says that warren jeffs forced her to marry her 19-year-old first cousin. she brought charges against him and she won. he was convicted that conviction was then overturned. she says she was eventually able to break free of the fundamentalist mormon church but she says it was a struggle. listen. >> many team don't understand that the people within these closed communities can't just walk out of them. it takes a choice. you are going against your entire life. everything you have ever known. and because of the religious rhetoric we have had, we often believe that we're dammed to hell by making the choice to leave that community. >> we should also point out, shep, the fundamentalists mormons have no connection whatsoever to the mormon church. >> shepard: jeffs, the allegation is, is still controlling his followers from jail? >> yeah. the sheriff in the texas jail where he is staying says that over the past five months that warren jeffs has spent no less
she is now 22 years old. you pointed out when she was 14 she says that warren jeffs forced her to marry her 19-year-old first cousin. she brought charges against him and she won. he was convicted that conviction was then overturned. she says she was eventually able to break free of the fundamentalist mormon church but she says it was a struggle. listen. >> many team don't understand that the people within these closed communities can't just walk out of them. it takes a choice. you are...
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this is my understanding at 6:00, 22 house republicans are either planning to vote no or leaning against the package. and, more than two dozen republicans are undecided. now is that a repeats number or do you have a firm idea for how many republicans, must flip to get to 216. >> reporter: we keep hearing the numbers and they are hard to pin down, bill. i mean, certainly the number of undecideds is definitely in the mid 20s or so. it would be a little hard to believe they were that far away. i mean, when they bring a piece of legislation to the floor the idea that you sort of roll the vote sometime in the hours leading up to it and do horse-trading and cajoling and so on and if the number is up in the 40s, that is a real problem and the 20s is within striking distance. bill: you have known john boehner 20 years-plus. >> reporter: yes. covered the first race in southwest ohio. bill: there's a lot on the line for him. does he pull it out? >> reporter: one thing i've noticed about john boehner over his career, that he has nine lives and i've seen him come back from the absolute brink a few t
this is my understanding at 6:00, 22 house republicans are either planning to vote no or leaning against the package. and, more than two dozen republicans are undecided. now is that a repeats number or do you have a firm idea for how many republicans, must flip to get to 216. >> reporter: we keep hearing the numbers and they are hard to pin down, bill. i mean, certainly the number of undecideds is definitely in the mid 20s or so. it would be a little hard to believe they were that far...
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she is 22, now married with two kids but she says when she was 14 that warren forced her to marry her 19-year-old first cousin, and she brought charges, he was convicted but the conviction was overturned. and she was a member of the fundamentalist mormon church which of court has nothing to do with the mormon church and says and i quote, "many people don't understand the people in these closed communities can't just walk out of them, it takes a choice about warren," she goes on to tell "good morning america" "he wasp -- was much like a prince but the mouthpiece of god because god what in our prophet and can'ted a lot respect and we all feared him very much." of course he now is facing life in prison all over again. >>shepard: many believe he is still controlling his followers from jill, is that right? >>trace: yes, they believe he has a firm grip on his followers from jill and that he will, until the day he dies. the texas sheriff says he has actually fed $23,000 on phone cards, leading them to believe he is giving orders, controlling his followers over the phone. there are even some
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the deficit goes down $22 billion next year. should as much as i want? no. but it does cap spending. >> for how long? >> 10 years. >> all right. >> it's discretionary spending, all government agencies. we put legal statutory caps on it with a cut to kick in and we have a super majority vote threshold to prevent that cut from happening, meaning we protect the caps with the super majority protection to make sure the caps stay in place. >> meaning the next congress doesn't come along -- >> so it takes a super majority to violate these caps that we are setting into law. the last time we had legally binding caps in the 1990s, they stuck for a good while and we got spending cuts. >> for a good while. >> they replaced it with pay go. >> a lot of americans want a balanced budget amendment because they hear, it sticks for a while. >> i think that's right. >> that's what is so distressing is that the idea -- i guess washington doesn't have a huge track record with americans, a lot of these decisions. >> i want the balanced budget amendment to have spending caps. you c
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going down 22 billions next year is this as much as i want? no. we offered far more but it does cap spending. >> greta: for how long? >> 10 years. discretionary spending all government agencies, legal statutory caps on it with an across the board cut to kick in if spending goes above that amount. we protect these caps super majority protection to make sure caps stay in place do i want them lower? yeah. for future congress's it takes a super majority to violate these caps. the last time we had legally binding caps in the 90s they stuck for a good while. they did another budget agreement which replaced it with paygot. >> greta: that's why a lot of americans want a balanced -- balanced budget amendment that is so dis-- so dissaysing. i guess washington -- >> i want to make sure the balanced budget amendment has spending caps in it. you can balance the budget with a big government with high taxes or if you put spending caps in place you can balance the budget with a smaller government with more economic freedom to me the kind of balanced budget amendm
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and then i notice you you used obama's term balanced. 22%. that term that he has been using which i assume was focus group didn't go over too well. >> he must have focused grouped it and they must not have done it well. the american people don't want a balanced solution. they want a balanced budget. they want people who look them straight in the eye and tell them the truth. >> sean: now, another question you asked do you want leaders to make decisions based on what is best for the country, 55%. the people they represent. it is not even close. i mean and also people are willing -- another part of your study here, your focus group and your polling shows that american people are willing to take the hit now. >> we are prepared to make the sacrifice but what the public is saying is don't put it off. don't wait too years, five years, ten years down the road. if we do it now we can get it done. sean, what the don't understand and the challenge the republicans in terms of communication is that the american people believe they spend too much and waste
and then i notice you you used obama's term balanced. 22%. that term that he has been using which i assume was focus group didn't go over too well. >> he must have focused grouped it and they must not have done it well. the american people don't want a balanced solution. they want a balanced budget. they want people who look them straight in the eye and tell them the truth. >> sean: now, another question you asked do you want leaders to make decisions based on what is best for the...
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here is what we are told president obama is working the phones on talking to members of both parties what kind of trigger or enforcement mechanism would you have if this special committee of congress comes back in a few months and doesn't do anything, just another washington commission that talks a lot and doesn't take any action? could you force sharp tax increases? could you force sharp entitlement cuts? have some enforcement mechanisms to show this group would finally have some teeth. not just some more washington blather. shep. >>. if you don't, you go to delay and maybe you pray. so i guess we are there. >> and divine intervention is what you they are looking for on the hill. can i tell you here inside the white house when you talk to senior aides. they are kind of sort of laughing a little bit under their breath, if you will. they are trying not to do that publicly, but they are looking at what speaker boehner is doing. he said he wanted this time to try to pass this bill. now is he struggling to get it through. normally the speaker of the house has so much power. whether it's
here is what we are told president obama is working the phones on talking to members of both parties what kind of trigger or enforcement mechanism would you have if this special committee of congress comes back in a few months and doesn't do anything, just another washington commission that talks a lot and doesn't take any action? could you force sharp tax increases? could you force sharp entitlement cuts? have some enforcement mechanisms to show this group would finally have some teeth. not...
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my name's jon forsythe, and i sea fd differently. >> gregg: welcome back. freedom could be under way on two people locked up in iran. their release could come by the end of this week. they were arrested after crossing into iran from iraq. today the last session and case carries the possibility of execution. lauren green has more. >> it was hoped the two american hikers would be free men today but an iranian court will announce the fate until later this week. in a statement released to the media the family said we pray the iranian authorities will show compassion to shane and josh and we ask everyone that cares for them is beseeching the grace of god at this time. >>> they were arrested two years ago to the date as they hiked in the region of iraq near the iranian border. they were changed on charges of espionage which they deny. sara shourd was released a year ago for medical reasons on $500,000 bail and will not go back to stand trial. on friday, family and friends rallied in new york ahead of today's trial. they have declared this week a week of action an
my name's jon forsythe, and i sea fd differently. >> gregg: welcome back. freedom could be under way on two people locked up in iran. their release could come by the end of this week. they were arrested after crossing into iran from iraq. today the last session and case carries the possibility of execution. lauren green has more. >> it was hoped the two american hikers would be free men today but an iranian court will announce the fate until later this week. in a statement released...
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the democrats. >> congress and the president hah raced the debt limit 22 times. 22 of those debt increases lasted less than a year. president reagan in 1984 signed three bills in the course of his election year that raised the debt ceiling. >> reporter: should the boehner plan pass in the senate, then fail in the senate. should the reid plan fail in the senate. senator kent conrad tells me there is a backup plan in the works. the leaders of both houses of congress are meeting behind closed doors quite and and outside the fray with the backup plan that would spare the country defaulting on its debt. conrad tells me they are very, very close. he says it calmly and serenely as if there is no stress whatsoever. martha: as only he can do. we are a couple minutes away from john boehner and eric cantor walking into that room. we'll be watching for every signal in every word they say in terms of what their take is on whether this will pass in the house. let me ask you this. is there any inkling of understanding on the hill right now of how involved if at all white house officials are behind the sc
the democrats. >> congress and the president hah raced the debt limit 22 times. 22 of those debt increases lasted less than a year. president reagan in 1984 signed three bills in the course of his election year that raised the debt ceiling. >> reporter: should the boehner plan pass in the senate, then fail in the senate. should the reid plan fail in the senate. senator kent conrad tells me there is a backup plan in the works. the leaders of both houses of congress are meeting behind...
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jon huntsman is the same way. viewing iowa not necessary to his path. is that a dangerous move? >> i think is it very dangerous. if you look to the last cycle and think what happened with rudy giuliani and the guys that decided we can bypass the social conservative, a fool's game. you don't gain momentum. south carolina is sitting right there and south carolina is going to bring back the social conservative issues. by the way, rick perry is a guy who is strong on abortion. a guy who has a strong position in gay marriage and he appeals to the social conservative. if he is there with the money he's a major player. >> bret: agree? >> yeah, the potential is he invites somebody else to the dance not making a big play in iowa. if he made a big play and won it, won caucus, it could be over before it started. it makes strategic sense on one level that he dumps resources in there and had nothing to show for it except for embarrassment to overcome the rest of it there is a risk there from a front-runner to skip an early state. >> bret: we haven't talked about sarah palin what she would do
jon huntsman is the same way. viewing iowa not necessary to his path. is that a dangerous move? >> i think is it very dangerous. if you look to the last cycle and think what happened with rudy giuliani and the guys that decided we can bypass the social conservative, a fool's game. you don't gain momentum. south carolina is sitting right there and south carolina is going to bring back the social conservative issues. by the way, rick perry is a guy who is strong on abortion. a guy who has a...
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despite the rogue 22 the speaker's bill did pass the house and last night's aborted vote followed by last minute revisions made some members of the house flip flop or at least that is what critics are saying. one congressman who divided to vote yes is joining us today. you are running for the senate to replace senator jon kyl in arizona and the democrats have come out and tagged you a flip flopper. the ink and the even try on your vote. >> the bill changed. myself and several other conservatives went to the speaker and others and said we would like to have the balanced budget amendment part of the bill. it wasn't before. we stood for cut, cap and balance. the boehner bill had cut and cap but it didn't have the balance and they were able to add that and therefore it got my vote. i don't begrudge those who voted against it. >> greta: why do you think there are those that voted against it? where is your difference with him. >> i voted for cut cap and balance. i think that is the right the approach. i think the other bill was far, far, far superior to the one we voted on today. just a cl
despite the rogue 22 the speaker's bill did pass the house and last night's aborted vote followed by last minute revisions made some members of the house flip flop or at least that is what critics are saying. one congressman who divided to vote yes is joining us today. you are running for the senate to replace senator jon kyl in arizona and the democrats have come out and tagged you a flip flopper. the ink and the even try on your vote. >> the bill changed. myself and several other...
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i'm jon scott. we'll see you next week. >>> our government is printing money like crazy and doing what with it? >> they do spend your money on things like a robot that folds laundry. shrimp running on treadmills and in my rich neighborhood. it's like politicians live in a car val game trying to get as much money as they can. politicians at the rated they spend, america will soon become like this country. people rio when politicians spend so much there is almost nothing left. >> when there is no more money, there is no more money. >> the unions elect people who give them money and if there is any left these lobbyists want it. >> funding for housing. >> american ford foundation. >> the politicians say no get boo'd. >> we've taken a scapel to the budget rather an machete. >> maybe we need to take one of these because we don't make big cuts. >> john: if you can't pay workers' salaries. what is our future going to be? cuts so draconian you need a chainsaw to make them or sweat shops. we have choices to m
i'm jon scott. we'll see you next week. >>> our government is printing money like crazy and doing what with it? >> they do spend your money on things like a robot that folds laundry. shrimp running on treadmills and in my rich neighborhood. it's like politicians live in a car val game trying to get as much money as they can. politicians at the rated they spend, america will soon become like this country. people rio when politicians spend so much there is almost nothing left....
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jon: they need some ovel-ready projects over there, don't they? jenna: i think that's part of the problem. thanks for joining us, everyryryryryryryryry jenna. in the meantime, check this out. this is a fox news alert on the deadly dome of heat out there that united states america, can you believe this? it is also threatening the nation's power grid. welcome to "america live" today, i'm martha maccallum on this hot day in for megyn kelly. 141 million americans are in this dome, folks. it covers more than two dozen states. sweaty, miserable, just trying to stay cool out there at this hour. 33 states are under serious heat watches and warnings. the sweltering weather quickly starting to spread east. her folks, power companies are urging people to turn down your air-conditioning to just the amount that you really need with concerns that overuse may put a significant stress on the nation's power grid. the unbearable heat has also claimed lives, we are now learning, at least 22 deaths are being attributed to the heat. the east coast can is now bracing f
jon: they need some ovel-ready projects over there, don't they? jenna: i think that's part of the problem. thanks for joining us, everyryryryryryryryry jenna. in the meantime, check this out. this is a fox news alert on the deadly dome of heat out there that united states america, can you believe this? it is also threatening the nation's power grid. welcome to "america live" today, i'm martha maccallum on this hot day in for megyn kelly. 141 million americans are in this dome, folks....
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i'm sorry, 22 is the number. if seven of them had gone the other way, this bill would have gone down. so there was basically a seven-vote cushion at least right now. and no democrats voted for this legislation. the significance of the vote. 218, which is the normal number, when you have a full house of representatives and no abs. he clearly had insurance votes, so he could have lost a couple of these and this thing still would have passed. i think the problem he had, just a quick note on last one of the problems he had, people were saying, fine, i'm going to accept something less than what senate and die. so explain this to me. there's another negotiation to come, because after senator reid and senator mcconnell presumably come up with something that can get back to again. i think today what you saw, all of the members they were working on last night that they needed 1 eqa down our noses from washington, but there are first term council member who are -- first-term congressmen just learning the ways of capitol hi
i'm sorry, 22 is the number. if seven of them had gone the other way, this bill would have gone down. so there was basically a seven-vote cushion at least right now. and no democrats voted for this legislation. the significance of the vote. 218, which is the normal number, when you have a full house of representatives and no abs. he clearly had insurance votes, so he could have lost a couple of these and this thing still would have passed. i think the problem he had, just a quick note on last...
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unitedhealthcare. >> 22 minutes after the top of the hour. two chinese fighter jets crossed the unofficial center line of the taiwan strait while trying to intercept a u.s. spy plane. however, the chinese planes turned around shortly after crossing the line and the act isn't considered a deliberate provocation. the u.s. spy plane was able to return to base safely. it's a week of closing ceremonies for walter reed army medical center in washington. tomorrow, the hospital's military flag will be retired as the hospital begins to move patients to the new facility in maryland. walter reed which has treated presidents and thousands of u.s. soldiers was ordered closed because of aging buildings. next hour, one of walter reed's commanders is joining us. brian? >> shocking new report, gretchen, claims that failed fast and furious gunrunning program was so out of control in the fall of 2009 that the u.s. government was single handedly arming a mexican drug cartel for war. arizona republican congressman paul gossar is on the house oversight and governm
unitedhealthcare. >> 22 minutes after the top of the hour. two chinese fighter jets crossed the unofficial center line of the taiwan strait while trying to intercept a u.s. spy plane. however, the chinese planes turned around shortly after crossing the line and the act isn't considered a deliberate provocation. the u.s. spy plane was able to return to base safely. it's a week of closing ceremonies for walter reed army medical center in washington. tomorrow, the hospital's military flag...
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started off $22 million not as much as i wanted. it did put the caps on the federal government spending the same as cut cap and balance and we did come forward saying we wanted to have a balanced budget amendment going to the states. i think compromise, i'm willing to make sure there is no threat to default of our obligations and also is no increase of interest rates for our country. >> shannon: how do you respond to others outside of washington who say if you are with the tea party you cannot make that kind of compromise? >> i think it is all about your principles. i put it in terms of being in combat. if you sit around and wait for 100% plan you will never get there. if you can take a 70 to 75% plan you can execute it to 100% perfection you will find yourself successful on the battle field and that is the exact same thing here. we control one half of one third of the government and the fact that we are not seeing any tax hikes and the president is not getting the blank check as far as raising the debt limit those are incredible th
started off $22 million not as much as i wanted. it did put the caps on the federal government spending the same as cut cap and balance and we did come forward saying we wanted to have a balanced budget amendment going to the states. i think compromise, i'm willing to make sure there is no threat to default of our obligations and also is no increase of interest rates for our country. >> shannon: how do you respond to others outside of washington who say if you are with the tea party you...
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jon kyle and kate bailey hutch chin son. six are retiring at the end of the term and 17 running for rerehrebgs in the senate. 23 seats held by democrats will be up for grabs in 2012. larry sabado is director for the center of politics at university of virginia. always good to talk to you. thank you for being here. i was struck by a poll from abc news and "the washington post" who said that 70% of people who help ask said they would like to fire their elected official in washington. that is a huge number. >> it is a huge number. and you wonder whether at some point we might actually have a fourth wave election in a row. what is a wave election? it's where lots of incumbents get tossed out, all though the eupl kupl pwapbts can be heavily concentrated in one party. remember we had a wave election in 2006 that was democratic. another wave election tilted to the democrats. 2010 a big wave election for the republicans. could we really be having a fourth wave election? it's too soon to say and the presidential nomination will be ve
jon kyle and kate bailey hutch chin son. six are retiring at the end of the term and 17 running for rerehrebgs in the senate. 23 seats held by democrats will be up for grabs in 2012. larry sabado is director for the center of politics at university of virginia. always good to talk to you. thank you for being here. i was struck by a poll from abc news and "the washington post" who said that 70% of people who help ask said they would like to fire their elected official in washington....
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jon: can't bring you the must-see moment, sorry it's on our website. >> reporter: "happening now" starts now. martha: getting word that the president will meet with leaders from the house and senate. that will be happening in an hour or so as we welcome everybody to "america live." i'm martha maccallum in for megyn kelly. as the look winds down to reach the deal by the friday deadline a possible breakthrough in the stalled negotiations is coming b. you have a group of six, a bi-partisan group of lawmakers pictured here raising some hopes that there may be a deal with their own budget bill. with two other plans on the table that seem to have slim chances of passing the house and the senate, could this gang of sex save america from default? that is the question at this hour. the plan, the basics of it it would reduce the deficit by 500 bill kwrorz. the top income tax rates would be lowered to no more than 25%, much lower than the top rate right now of 79.6% we'll have once the bush tax cuts expire. strict true spending cats and conform social security to t secure sol advance see if they've
jon: can't bring you the must-see moment, sorry it's on our website. >> reporter: "happening now" starts now. martha: getting word that the president will meet with leaders from the house and senate. that will be happening in an hour or so as we welcome everybody to "america live." i'm martha maccallum in for megyn kelly. as the look winds down to reach the deal by the friday deadline a possible breakthrough in the stalled negotiations is coming b. you have a group of...
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and he still lost, i think, what 22. couldn't sell it to them. you're going to have to -- he is going to have to sell the bill to his membership. of course, he will have democrats voting for it, too, so he won't have to have the whole republican caucus, but both sides will sell it to the membership. that is not in any way done yet. >> jenna: what about us, byron? we talk about the back and forth between the two parties. all of these decisions really affect the american people. we were just talking about this earlier in the program whether or not the dam has been done already. that the confidence in washington to operate, to function. what are your thoughts on that? has damage been done here? or is this politics as usual? >> if a bill gets done, relatively soon, before 11:59 when it has to be done, the damage will heal later on. you have to remember that president obama still has a nuclear weapon that he has not used in this fight. that is, an address to the nation in which he soberly lays out what the government can and cannot pay if the debt cei
and he still lost, i think, what 22. couldn't sell it to them. you're going to have to -- he is going to have to sell the bill to his membership. of course, he will have democrats voting for it, too, so he won't have to have the whole republican caucus, but both sides will sell it to the membership. that is not in any way done yet. >> jenna: what about us, byron? we talk about the back and forth between the two parties. all of these decisions really affect the american people. we were...
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we had 74 billion in treasury, 22 billion due august 2nd for social security and we continue to take in revenues. >> dave: and those are tremendous-- >> you don't default if the pay the debt service and no such things and contradictory. >> this is a subliminal thing that the republican party wants. they don't want us to default they want us to stop sending out social security checks. >> that is a-- >> if you don't raise the debt ceiling-- >> if you pay the debt service. >> dave: how does this end? how does this end? how do we get the debt ceiling raised? >> i don't want the debt ceiling raised, but the only way we should be raised minimum 3 1/2 to 1 to cuts because we account for interest. no 1 to 1 when we're borrowing 43 cents on the doctor. >> and it ends with people like david admitting they don't want the safety net. >> it is a-- >> and the republican party is being held hostage to people like david and his fellow tea partiers and going to destroy themselves in a few years, and the next few years, but fine with the democrats. >> dave: what is happening in the debt seeing debate.
we had 74 billion in treasury, 22 billion due august 2nd for social security and we continue to take in revenues. >> dave: and those are tremendous-- >> you don't default if the pay the debt service and no such things and contradictory. >> this is a subliminal thing that the republican party wants. they don't want us to default they want us to stop sending out social security checks. >> that is a-- >> if you don't raise the debt ceiling-- >> if you pay the...